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William Mccutchan Morrison: Twenty Years in Central Africa Thomas Chalmers Vinson No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 151 - The pains of death are past; Labor and sorrow cease ; And, life's long warfare closed at last, His soul is found in peace. Soldier of Christ, well done ! Praise be thy new employ ; And, while eternal ages run, Rest in thy Saviour's joy.
Page 163 - Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine ; continue in them : for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
Page 107 - Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne, — Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
Page 151 - The voice at midnight came; He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame — He fell, but felt no fear.
Page 120 - ASLEEP in Jesus! blessed sleep! •£•»- From which none ever wakes to weep, A calm and undisturbed repose, Unbroken by the last of foes. 2 Asleep in Jesus ! Oh, how sweet To be for such a slumber meet ; With holy confidence to sing That death hath lost its painful sting!
Page 48 - ... following article. Our readers will be interested in the experiences and observations of an American missionary in the Congo country, as related by Mr. Morrison in the article accompanying Mr. Stead's. Mr. Morrison has only recently returned from Africa.] I.— LEOPOLD, EMPEROR OF THE CONGO. BY WT STEAD. IT is the rule in these character sketches always to describe the subject as he appears to himself at his best, and not as he appears to his enemies at his worst, but it is impossible for me...
Page 193 - ... rooms, and are much neglected. The streets of their towns are not clean and well swept as they once were. Even their children cry for bread. Why this change? You have it in a few words. There are armed sentries of chartered trading companies who force the men and women to spend most of their days and nights in the forests making rubber, and the price they receive is so meagre...
Page 174 - Until we doubt not that for one so true There must be other nobler work to do Than when he fought at Waterloo, And Victor he must ever be. For tho...
Page 53 - State, or to a commission of enquiry as provided in the Hague Convention : 1. Is the government of the Congo Free State still to be regarded as the trustee of the powers which recognized the flag of the international Association ? 2. If not, what is the position of the Congo Free State in international law, and in what manner may the grave questions concerning its alleged actions be satisfactorily and competently determined ? ECONOMIC CAUSES OF WARS.
Page 79 - ... SHEPPARD painted a picture of Bakuba life, busy and prosperous, before the coming of the State authorities ; he followed this up by a description of the state of affairs in 1908, when the towns were neglected, full of weeds and dirt, and when the people had no time to listen to the missionaries. " Why this change ? You have it in a few words. There are armed sentries of chartered trading companies who force the men and women to spend most of their days in the forests making rubber, and the price...